Data processing: generic control systems or specific applications inventions 03/08

20080077255 - Method for enabling the operation of automation components of a technical system via a mobile control and monitoring device: There is described a method for enabling the operation of automation components of a technical system via a mobile control and monitoring device. In a first step, the control and monitoring device receives a first identification from a first transponder device, with the first transponder device being attached to the... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080077256 - Method of adjusting process variables in a processing flow: A method of adjusting process variables in a processing flow is disclosed. Processed samples are tested to determine sample parameters of the tested samples. The sample parameters are analyzed analyzing in relation to the process variables applied in the processing steps to determine the impact of the process variables on... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080077257 - Model predictive controller solution analysis process: The solution from a multivariable predictive controller (MPC) is analyzed and described by providing quantitative input to operators regarding the effect of changing controller limits on the MPC controller solution. This information allows a rapid operator response to changes and more optimal process operation.... Agent: Exxonmobil Research & Engineering Company

20080077259 - Design aiding apparatus, design aiding method, computer readable recording medium recorded thereon a design aiding program and design aiding system: An apparatus comprises a retrieving unit calculating a degree of similarity of each of the plural pieces of feature information about the respective plural registered components extracted by a first extracting unit to the piece of feature information about the structural component extracted by a second extracting unit, and retrieving... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080077260 - Refrigeration system fault detection and diagnosis using distributed microsystems: A method and/or apparatus determines whether a refrigeration (or other cooling) related system is operating within normal parameters by comparing reference data derived from ideal or normal conditions within the system. Data regarding the actual operating parameters of the system is provided via a set of microsystem sensors disposed throughout... Agent: Elsa Keller, Legal Assistant Intellectual Property Department

20080077258 - Twisting wire actuator: A twisted wire actuator, whereby the shortening of the length of a wire or a bundle of wires, as it is twisted, is used to control the motion of an actuated element, achieving sub-micron motion resolution. The control can be performed robotically. The high resolution can be achieved without the... Agent: Saltamar Innovations

20080077263 - Data recording device, data recording method, and data recording program: Disclosed herein is a data recording device including: a feature quantity detecting unit configured to detect a predetermined feature quantity of mixed data in which a music part and a talking part are mixed; a sound volume level detecting unit configured to detect sound volume level of the mixed data;... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080077262 - Distortion free stitching of digital media files: Distortion free stitching of two temporally adjacent digital media files of any format or origin is described. Two digital media files are selected and placed temporally adjacent to each other. A determination is then made of the direction of each of the waveforms and an associated delta value between a... Agent: Technology & Innovation Law Group, PC

20080077261 - Method and system for sharing an audio experience: A system (100) and method (400) for sharing an audio experience is provided. The method can include identifying (402) mobile devices (104) in an area (910), discovering (404) sound production capabilities and sound monitoring capabilities, identifying (406) a relative location of devices in the area, assessing room acoustics (706), and... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080077253 - Internet object based interface for industrial controller: A remote operating program for a industrial controller executes on any browser enabled remote computer by connecting to Web server connected to the industrial controller to load an applet. The applet provides for a communication protocol with the server of the industrial controller that allows the applet to discover and... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./(at)

20080077254 - Method for material handling, materials handling cell and electric motor therefor: The invention relates to a method for materials handling via a number of materials handling cells (C1, C2, C3, C4) by passing on materials handling containers (Cont), in which each materials handling cell (C1, C2, C3, C4) includes a first electric motor and a first control unit, in which each... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080077264 - Digital audio file management: Identification of a plurality of audio files, and associating at least some of the audio files with an origin code. The origin code identifies the at least some of the plurality of audio files as either a music file or a traffic file. An instruction is received from a user... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080077265 - Methods and systems for making a blood vessel sleeve: Methods, apparatuses, computer program products, devices and systems are described that include accepting one or more blood vessel sleeve dimensions based on blood vessel data from an individual; and making a rapid-prototyped blood vessel sleeve at least partly based on the one or more blood vessel sleeve dimensions.... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20080077266 - System and method for the production of goods or products: A computer-based system and method for production planning are described that relies on developing factory shop floor modeling. This modeling includes simulating the factory shop floor to create a Virtual Factory. This Virtual Factory provides the ability to assess any possible production sequence for determining an optimal of production sequence... Agent: Wilmerhale/boston

20080077267 - Controlling system for cardboard-sheet manufacturing apparatus: A controlling system for a cardboard-sheet manufacturing apparatus includes an FF/FB controlling unit, a PID controller, and a knowledge database. The FF/FB controlling unit differentiates between compensation for a dynamic characteristic and that for a static characteristic based on the knowledge database, and switches between FF control and FB control.... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080077268 - Wireless integrated control and monitoring system: A technique is provided or integrating system design, sales, and manufacturing functions. Systems including networked and programmable electrical components, such as motor control centers, and other electrical power control arrangements are designed, and a database is created for the design, including component and system designation data. The database may further... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./(fy)

20080077269 - Method and system for managing wafer processing: Disclosed are a method of managing a process and a process managing system in which a failure-generating process step can be quickly detected. The method of managing a process includes sequentially performing first to n-th (n is a natural number) process steps with respect to a plurality of wafers, the... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20080077270 - Method for designing a connector: A method for designing a connector between a first and a second element of a dental restoration, such as a connector between coping and coping, or coping and pontic, or pontic and pontic of a bridge, which is characterized by the steps of computing a (first) model of the first... Agent: Dennison, Schultz & Macdonald

20080077271 - Method and apparatus for on the fly positioning and continuous monitoring of a substrate in a chamber: A method and apparatus for positioning a substrate in a substrate processing chamber. The method includes placing the substrate on a substrate transfer blade, moving the substrate transfer blade to a first position located in a transfer chamber, and capturing at least one image that includes at least a portion... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP / Amat

20080077272 - Postal presorting using an occurrence table: A computer system utilizes an algorithm that: (a) prepares a table that includes counts of zip code occurrences in a mailing list; (b) prepares a container list that allocates counts to different containers; (c) uses the container list to allocate individual addresses to different mailing containers; and (d) addresses the... Agent: Fish & Associates, PC Robert D. Fish

20080077273 - Zero footprint mobile loadport: A method of transporting workpieces to tools in an automated transportation system dispatches an automated transport vehicle containing workpieces from a first location such as a first loadport to a tool when the automated transport vehicle is available for dispatch and loaded with the workpieces, irrespective of whether the tool... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb & Rahman, LLC

20080077274 - Medicine storage cabinet: A medicine storage cabinet includes a cabinet body that includes a plurality of drawers that contain medicines and a front panel; a biometric identification device that authenticates identity of a user of the medicine storage cabinet; an input device that receives input from an input medium that contains prescription information;... Agent: Park Law Firm

20080077275 - Systems, methods, and apparatuses for energy management in vending machines, appliances, and other store or dispense equipment: The present invention provides systems, methods, and apparatuses for energy management in store or dispense equipment for food and/or beverages. Such store or dispense equipment may allow for food and/or beverages to be heated, cooled, or maintained near the ambient temperature, or a combination thereof. The store or dispense equipment... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20080077277 - Apparatus and method for expressing emotions in intelligent robot by using state information: An apparatus and method for expressing emotions in an intelligent robot. In the apparatus, a plurality of different sensors sense information about internal/external stimuli. A state information collector processes the detected information about the internal/external stimuli in a hierarchical structure to collect external state information. An emotion motive determiner determines... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080077276 - Crawler robot equipped with a work unit, and governing equipment for such crawler robots: The robot comprises a chassis (1) with a first set of legs (2a, 2b) with suction pads (6) on tilting supports (7) mounted in a linearly displaceable manner with regard to the chassis and a second set of legs (4) with suction pads (17) mounted in a rotary manner with... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080077278 - Tilt detectable automatically-operating cleaner and method of controlling the same: A tilt detectable automatically-operating cleaner includes a tilt detecting unit detecting a tilting state of a main body of the cleaner, a control unit calculating a tilting angle using a detected signal from the tilt detecting unit and determining if the main body tilts by comparing the tilting angle with... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080077279 - Robot controller performing soft control: The robot controller (RC) performs soft control in which a virtual spring or virtual damper is made to act between a tool of a robot and an objective workpiece. The robot controller includes: gain reducing arrangement (41, 42) for selecting an articulated shaft from articulated shafts (J1-J6) of the robot... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20080077280 - Dynamic setup wizard in lighting control system commissioning: A dynamically configurable electrical distribution system is provided for selectively connecting an electrical power source to load devices. The system comprises an electrical distribution panel and a plurality of switching devices mounted in the panel each electrically connected between an electrical power source and an associated load device for selectively... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20080077281 - Method for assessing and guaranteeing the thermal hygiene efficiency in a multi-tank dishwasher: A method for assessing and guaranteeing the thermal hygiene efficiency in a multi-tank dishwasher in which there is at least one sensor that transmits a temperature inside at least one treatment zone to a machine control system, in particular to the control system of the multi-tank dishwasher, the method includes:... Agent: Mg-ip Law, PLLC

20080077282 - System and method to maintain data processing system operation in degraded system cooling condition: A method, computer program product, and a data processing system for maintaining operation of the data processing system in the event of a degraded system cooling condition is provided. A first temperature of a processor is identified as equaling or exceeding a processor throttling threshold. The operational frequency of the... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080071389 - Service metric portfolio management: A system and method is disclosed for the automated real-time collection, extraction, transformation, analysis and presentation of statistical process control (SPC) information. One or more monitored systems or processes generate operational process control information that is stored in its native form. An SPC system iteratively accesses this information, transforms it... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP

20080071390 - Lighting systems and methods: In general, the present disclosure pertains to systems and methods for controlling the states of lights and/or other electrical components. In one exemplary embodiment, a system employs a centralized base unit that wirelessly communicates with remote switching units, which control various loads, such as lights and/or other electrical components, based... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080071391 - Lighting systems and methods: A lighting system in accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first switching unit, a second switching unit and a base unit. The first switching unit has at least one user input device for receiving user inputs for controlling a remote light source. The first switching unit... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080071392 - Building safety system and method: A building safety system and method are provided that permits occupants of a building to access building safety information. The system also permits the building owner/management company to monitor and administer building safety training.... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP

20080071393 - Periodic rotational vibration check for storage devices to compensate for varying loads: A periodic rotational vibration check for storage devices to compensate for varying loads is disclosed. A variable representing rotational vibration status is maintained in a rotational vibration log. The variable is processed to determine whether a storage device exhibits a rotational vibration issue. Workload analysis is performed to identify a... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP. Attn: Ibm37

20080071395 - Model predictive control with stochastic output limit handling: Cautious Model Predictive Control controllers and methods for stochastically handling output limits used in the optimization of control systems are disclosed. An illustrative method can include the steps of providing one or more modeled parameters and process variables to a predictor for predicting future expectations and variances along a control... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080071396 - Computerized systems and methods for hazardous material release event response: Tools are provided for allowing ready access to information relevant to events associated with the release of hazardous materials. The tools also facilitate characterization of the events and determination of appropriate emergency responses for the events. When an indication of a hazardous material release event is received, data including information... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080071397 - Partial enumeration model predictive controller: A partial enumeration model predictive controller and method of predictive control for a multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) system, including providing a solution table with problem solutions to a model predictive control problem for the MIMO system over a partial parameter region; scanning the solution table for an optimal solution... Agent: Frank C. Nicholas Cardinal Law Group

20080071398 - System and method for compartment control: A system and method for a computer program product is provided. The computer program product generates a graphical user interface for controlling a compartment. The graphical user interface comprises at least one compartment graphical indicator, and at least one compartment function button. In another embodiment, a method of managing at... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, PLC

20080071401 - Audio player capable of playing multiple multimedia files simultaneously: An audio player capable of allowing multiple persons to listen to different multimedia files simultaneously is provided. The audio player includes a processing unit and a plurality of output channels. Each of the output channels is configured for outputting multimedia files. Each of the output channels includes a codec, an... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080071399 - Virtual theater system for the home: In one embodiment, a system includes a mixer that creates customized mixed audio streams by synchronously mix audience reaction data packets received from a plurality of virtual theater nodes with a soundtrack of a movie. The audience reaction data packets are produced by viewers watching the movie. The mixer transmits... Agent: The Law Offices Of Bradley J. Bereznak

20080071394 - Computer method and apparatus for constraining a non-linear approximator of an empirical process: A constrained non-linear approximator for empirical process control is disclosed. The approximator constrains the behavior of the derivative of a subject empirical model without adversely affecting the ability of the model to represent generic non-linear relationships. There are three stages to developing the constrained non-linear approximator. The first stage is... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20080071400 - Audio processing system: An audio processing system controls an audio input signal. The audio processing system includes a signal analyzer that detects content information and source information corresponding to the audio input signal. The system generates an analyzed audio signal. A signal processor receives the analyzed audio signal and generates a processed audio... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080071402 - Musical instrument mixer: A method of managing a power state of devices in a home entertainment system using a wireless home entertainment hub comprises obtaining a registration of a plurality of devices, where the plurality of devices includes at least one sink device and at least one source device. A selection of one... Agent: Technology, Patents And Licensing, Inc.

20080071403 - High power laser flat panel workpiece treatment system controller: A pulsed DUV workpiece treatment apparatus and method for delivering light to irradiate the workpiece, for crystallization of a material on the workpiece, carried on a work stage, which may comprise a pulsed laser DUV light source and an optical train producing a very narrow width very elongated beam of... Agent: William C. Cray Cymer, Inc.

20080071404 - Job assignment apparatus of automatic material-handling system and method thereof: A job assignment apparatus of an automatic material-handling apparatus to calculate an initial optimum solution based on a cost table configured by the job assignment, and to calculate a single optimum solution based on the cost table converted by statistical data. The Hungarian algorithm is stored in a tool storage... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080071405 - Method and software for conducting efficient lithography wph / lost time analysis in semiconductor manufacturing: A method and a computer readable medium includes instructions for obtaining time data as programmed into processing recipes or as recorded when a wafer is processed and transferred during lithography operations. The data is parsed and saved into an MES database. A report server accesses the database responsive to a... Agent: Duane Morris, LLPIPDepartment

20080071406 - Method for optimization of subsequent treatment processes in production planning: A method for optimization of subsequent treatment processes is developed. End products having end product data are generated from semi-manufactured products having semi-manufactured product data, and at least part of the semi-manufactured products are processed at least in three phases. The processing data for semi-manufactured products to be processed in... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080071407 - Control system for influencing test-environment parameters, method for controlling a microscope system and computer control program for same: A microscope configuration according to an exemplary embodiment includes a microscope system with at least one addressable component and also a control system with a plurality of control modules for influencing a plurality of test-environment parameters in a test chamber of the microscope system. The control modules are configured to... Agent: Mayback & Hoffman, P.A.

20080071409 - Handler: A handler is provided, including a chamber in which to-be-tested packaged chips contained in a test tray are connected to sockets of a test board, an exchanging unit exchanging the test trays with the chamber; a transferring unit transferring the test tray containing the to-be-tested packaged chips from the exchanging... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20080071408 - Substrate processing apparatus, substrate processing method, computer program, and storage medium: A substrate processing apparatus is provided, which can place a substrate in a correct position, even though a positioinal error occurs between the substrate carried in a processing vessel and a placing table. This substrate processing apparatus can take a necessary action immediately against a positioinal error of the substrate... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080071411 - Micrologistics tracking system for an automated manufacturing facility: A computing system for monitoring activity in an automated fabrication facility includes a computer operably coupled to an MES database having data relating to manufacturing operation events; and the computer also being operably coupled to an AMHS database having data relating to movement of the work-in-process material lots between the... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Fishkill

20080071410 - Remanufactured part core return process and system: One aspect of the present invention is a computer-implemented method for processing remanufactured part cores. The method includes receiving manufactured part core inventory information. The inventory information can include an inventory forecast and an inventory level for a number of parts. The method further includes receiving a part number of... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20080071413 - Die-level traceability mechanism for semiconductor assembly and test facility: Embodiments of the present invention provide a novel method, system and computer program product for tracing die units during material transfer from, for example, one factory or lot to another (and efficiently maintaining correspondence between die data and an individual die during, e.g., a lot transfer process). One or more... Agent: Applied Materials/blakely

20080071412 - Manufactured article treatment processing system: A manufactured article treatment processing method and system includes reading out from a manufactured article being subjected to treatment information of component parts of the article and specific properties of the component parts, extraction of the component parts to be separated on the basis of predetermined specific properties serving as... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080071415 - Method and system for communicating semiconductor manufacturing information to customers: A method of communicating semiconductor manufacturing information. The method includes providing, by a first service provider, a lot of semiconductor components to a second service provider for processing. The method also includes receiving from the second service provider, by the first service provider, first information associated with the processing. The... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20080071414 - Polishing end point detection method utilizing torque change and device thereof: Change in a torque waveform is monitored while removing continuously-varied periodic noise in real time, and the change in the torque waveform caused purely by the wafer state is detected by separating noise components while removing the noise not caused by the wafer state such as drift noise cased by... Agent: Paul A. Fattibene Fattibene & Fattibene

20080071416 - Computerized inventory control system: A system for inventory control is computerized. Through the computerization, radwaste drum is easily stored with time saved. The congestion is reduced and a whole storage status is easily acquired so that the maintenance is easily done.... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080071417 - Methods and apparatus for loading and unloading substrate carriers on moving conveyors using feedback: The present invention provides systems and methods for loading and unloading substrate carriers onto and off of a transport system. The invention includes a substrate carrier handler adapted to transfer a substrate carrier between a docking station and a transport system, the substrate carrier handler including an end effector adapted... Agent: Dugan & Dugan, PC

20080071418 - Method and system for inventory placement according to expected item picking rates: A method and system for inventory placement according to expected item picking rates. In one embodiment, a method may include determining a respective expected picking rate for each of a number of inventory items, and dependent upon the expected picking rate, selecting a corresponding one of a number of zones... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20080071419 - System and method for remote baggage check-in: A computer-based baggage transportation system includes a client computer and an attendant. The client computer is coupled via a network to a server computer and is configured to check in baggage and passengers from a property that is remote from a common carrier departure location. The attendant is cross-utilized with... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080071420 - Dynamic patient positioning system: A patient treatment system includes one or more automated patient transporters configured to move a patient from a preparation area to one of a plurality of alternative treatment areas, and to position the patient relative to a therapeutic radiation beam. Both transportation of the patient and positioning of the patient... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP (varian)

20080071421 - Method of dispensing a pharmaceutical product: A method of dispensing a pharmaceutical product, the pharmaceutical product being associated with packaging having disposed thereon or therein coded data, at least some of the coded data being indicative of at least an identity of the pharmaceutical product. The method uses a computer system which receives indicating data from... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080071422 - Process installation comprising a plurality of field appliances: In a process installation having a plurality of field devices FLS, PS, CU, which exchange data with a control room CR via a signal line SL, wherein the signal line SL is designed for a conventional, first data transmission technology having a low data transmission rate (less than 10,000 baud),... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080071423 - Hardware abstraction layer (hal) for a robot: Methods and apparatus that provide a hardware abstraction layer (HAL) for a robot are disclosed. A HAL can reside as a software layer or as a firmware layer residing between robot control software and underlying robot hardware and/or an operating system for the hardware. The HAL provides a relatively uniform... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080071424 - Programmable positional liquid flow sensing device: A positional flow sensing device includes an accelerometer or inclinometer with user readable indicators for tracking information associated with a succession of fluid flow events. The fluids can be any fluid that it may be desirable to monitor the dispensing of, such as beer, other beverages, or oil. Each fluid... Agent: Aquilla Patents & Marks, PLLC

20080071425 - System for controlling fluid flow: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods of controlling fluid dispense to ensure clean break off of fluid at the end of a dispense process and to reduce crystallization of fluid in the dispense nozzle. One embodiment of the present invention can include a controller that can, generate... Agent: SprinkleIPLaw Group

20080071426 - Open architecture modularity for irrigation controllers: Modular irrigation controllers and related methods are described herein. In one implementation, an irrigation controller comprises a control unit within a housing, the control unit including a first microcontroller for executing stored irrigation programs. The controller also comprises a plurality of module coupling locations, each electrically coupled with the first... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20080071427 - Method and system for detection and transfer to electrical island operation: A method for transient fuel control for fuel delivery circuits for a plurality of connected gas turbines, the method includes: detecting a transient grid event based on an indication of at least one of a rapid change in a fuel command to the gas turbine or an acceleration of the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.

20080065233 - Audio control using a wireless home entertainment hub: A method of controlling presentation of audio data in a home entertainment system using a wireless home entertainment hub comprises obtaining a registration of at least one audio sink device, where the at least one audio sink device is capable of receiving a first number of audio channels used for... Agent: Technology, Patents And Licensing, Inc.

20080065235 - Data presentation by user movement in multiple zones using a wireless home entertainment hub: A method of presenting program content to a user moving in a multiple zone home entertainment system using a wireless home entertainment hub comprises causing program content to be presented to a user using a first set of sink devices in a first zone, where each sink device of the... Agent: Technology, Patents And Licensing, Inc.

20080065234 - Power management using a wireless home entertainment hub: A method of managing a power state of devices in a home entertainment system using a wireless home entertainment hub comprises obtaining a registration of a plurality of devices, where the plurality of devices includes at least one sink device and at least one source device. A selection of one... Agent: Technology, Patents And Licensing, Inc.

20080065232 - Remote control operation using a wireless home entertainment hub: A method of operating a remote control in a home entertainment system using a wireless home entertainment hub comprises receiving an assignment of actuators for the remote control from the wireless home entertainment hub. A selection by a user to change a parameter of a source device registered with the... Agent: Technology, Patents And Licensing, Inc.

20080065231 - User directed device registration using a wireless home entertainment hub: A method of registering source devices and sink devices with a wireless home entertainment hub in a home entertainment system includes activating a first registration actuator associated with the wireless home entertainment hub and activating a second registration actuator associated with a first source device in the home entertainment system.... Agent: Technology, Patents And Licensing, Inc.

20080065237 - Dynamic html based multi tabbed sortable results: The current invention is a next generation search engine. It has been designed to be an extension of current standard search systems. It is an internet search in which multiple searches can be conducted simultaneously using both keywords and function triggers with each set of results displaying in their own... Agent: Furr Law Firm

20080065238 - Presentation of still image data on display devices using a wireless home entertainment hub: A method of presenting still image data on multiple display devices using a wireless home entertainment hub comprises obtaining a registration of a plurality of devices with the wireless home entertainment hub, where the plurality of devices includes at least two display devices. An assignment of a zone for each... Agent: Technology, Patents And Licensing, Inc.

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20080065240 - Position control method, position control device, and medium storage device having disturbance suppression function: In a position control device having a disturbance suppression function, loop gain is calibrated without stopping disturbance suppression control. The position control device has, for disturbance suppression control, a feedback controller for changing the loop characteristic, a table for storing a target gain according to a disturbance frequency, and a... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080065241 - Dynamic controller utilizing a hybrid model: A system and method for predicting operation of a plant or process receive an input value from the plant or process. An integrity of a non-linear model corresponding to a local input space of the input value may be determined. The non-linear model may include an empirical representation of the... Agent: Jeffrey C. Hood Meyertons Hood Kivlin Kowert & Goetzel PC

20080065242 - Use of dynamic variance correction in optimization: The present invention relates to a steady state optimization method incorporating dynamic variance correction for dynamic variations of both independent variables and dependent variables of a dynamic system. The dynamic variance correction is based on measured variance of the variables and a weighing factor for each of the variables. The... Agent: Fakhruddin T. Attarwala

20080065247 - Calibration of a home entertainment system using a wireless home entertainment hub: A method of calibrating a home entertainment system containing a wireless home entertainment hub using a calibration device comprises obtaining a registration from at least one sink device in the home entertainment system. A first instruction is transmitted to the calibration device to begin receiving a calibration signal emitted from... Agent: Technology, Patents And Licensing, Inc.

20080065246 - Highly portable media devices: An improved portable media device and methods for operating a media device are disclosed.... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP/apple Inc.

20080065249 - Method and apparatus for ad hoc sharing of media samples: A method for a media player comprises requesting from a remote media player a sample of a media track stored on the remote media player, receiving the sample of the media track and an identifier associated with the media track from the remote media player, wherein the sample of the... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080065248 - Reproduction apparatus, reproduction method and reproduction program: Disclosed herein is a reproduction apparatus for reproducing audio data. The apparatus includes: an analysis section configured to start an analysis of characteristics of audio data recorded on a recording medium as audio data having its characteristic unanalyzed yet upon detection of a predetermined state of a light processing load... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080065245 - System and method for noise suppression: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a computer system. In one embodiment, the computer system comprises a fan and a muffler configured to suppress noise from the fan. The muffler may comprise a plurality of acoustic absorption sheets, wherein the acoustic absorption sheets each have a hole at least... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080065251 - Clearance measurement of manufactured parts: There is provided a method for determining an interference between a first physical part and a second part in an assembly of manufactured parts. The method comprises: acquiring three-dimensional digital data representing the first physical part; forming a virtual representation of the first physical part using the digital data; placing... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20080065236 - Implantable medical device management system: A suite of applications is provided for the administration of implantable medical devices, particularly implantable therapeutic substance infusion devices. The applications may be accessed over a public network, such as the Internet, and may be run using middleware. The applications provide for the administration of medical devices as they pertain... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20080065244 - Household appliance with user selected default settings: A household appliance functions according to multiple operating cycles, wherein each operating cycle comprises at least one step characterized by a parameter having a factory-set default value. A user can access a controller of the household appliance through a user interface to simultaneously set new default values for a parameter... Agent: Whirlpool Patents Company - Md 0750

20080065243 - Method and system to retrieve and display technical data for an industrial device: A method to retrieve and display technical data for an industrial device supervised by a computer program for control, configuration or condition monitoring in an industrial or commercial plant. The method can use a substantially static and easily visible large sized display member to provide a graphical user interface for... Agent: Venable LLP

20080065250 - Automatic plant for the treatment and packing of meat product: The invention relates to an automatic plant for the treatment and packing of meat product, comprising an injection station for injecting brine into a meat product, first and second maceration stations for macerating the injected meat product, and a packing station for packing the treated meat product. The injection station... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080065252 - Information processing system for producing building material, building material production method and production equipment, and building information distribution system: An information processing system for producing a building material has a design drawing generator, a list generator and a member production controller. The design drawing generator generates design drawing information of an objective building. The list generator generates list information of the members used for the objective building. The member... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20080065253 - Method for controlling and planning the order of production: A method for automatically controlling a production process for the mass production of order specific products with a first and a second partial process and an exit buffer (500.3) which comprises a fixed maximum number of spaces for production objects (20.2, 20.3,). A sequence (60) for the order of products,... Agent: Davidson Davidson & Kappel

20080065254 - Methods for machining process parameter estimation and systems thereof: A method for directly determining model parameters for a machining process that includes the steps of providing a system having a machining tool and a workpiece, and machining the workpiece using the machining tool, where the machining induces motions in the machining tool or the workpiece. The motions are then... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080065255 - Method of grooving and drilling an ophthalmic lens blank, machine programmed therefor, and computer program: The present invention is directed to a method of controlling an edger device, and a machine programmed to edge a lens blank. A lens blank and an edger are provided. The edger device is capable of forming a groove in a peripheral edge of the lens, and forming at least... Agent: Berenato, White & Stavish, LLC

20080065256 - Control system: A control system for use with a machine having a moving tool arranged to move through a known path of movement. The control system includes a means for detecting the location of objects in or adjacent the path of the tool (12) and a processing and control means arranged to... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20080065257 - Controlled material removal rate (cmrr) and self-tuning force control in robotic machining process: A method and apparatus for a robotic machining process that gives a controlled removal rate of material from a workpiece when an object, tool or workpiece, held by a robot is brought into contact with a stationary object, workpiece or tool. A signal indicative of the force applied by the... Agent: Abb Inc. Legal Dept. - 4u6

20080065258 - Tool selection system and method: Systems and methods to select a tool are provided. In at least one embodiment, a system receives first tool data defining a first tool and requirement data defining a requirement of a process to be performed within a manufacturing facility. The system stores the first tool data in memory. The... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20080065260 - Location selection system and method: Systems and methods to select a location to perform a process are provided. In at least one embodiment, a system receives tool data defining a tool including its location within a manufacturing facility and process data defining a process for assembling at least a portion of a vehicle. The system... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20080065259 - Method and apparatus for rapidly generating tooling for press machines: A method and apparatus for making a part. A digital model of the part is formed. A digital design of a tool usable to create the part is formed. The tool is created using an additive manufacturing process and the digital design of the tool. The tool is usable in... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20080065261 - Method for sequential programming of an injection molding cycle of an injection molding machine: In a method for sequentially programming an injection molding cycle of an injection molding machine comprising one or several injection molds, the injection molding cycle is started manually step by step. The parts of the injection molding machine and/or the parts of the injection mold(s) are manually displaced into the... Agent: Henry M. Feiereisen Henry M. Feiereisen, LLC

20080065262 - Vehicle scheduling and routing with compartments: Embodiments of the invention include a system for scheduling the shipment of a set of products. The shipment may be loaded into a set of vehicles and further configured to fit a set of compartments on those vehicles. The system may include attempts to fill each vehicle and the compartments... Agent: Sap/blakely

20080065263 - Discarding apparatus, discarding system and discarding method: A discarding apparatus is provided and includes: a discard processing unit that discards a recording medium; an acquiring unit that acquires time information of generating the recording medium, the time information being added to the recording medium; a clock that measures a time; a memory that stores archive information for... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080065264 - Medical resource storage and management apparatus and medical supply management system: Locations of storage on a rack 70 for arranging and storing medical resources are partitioned by a partition member 75. A medical resource detecting member 73 and a retrieval guidance member 72 are provided in each partition on the rack. By configuring the partition member 75 to be removable from... Agent: Kaplan Gilman Gibson & Dernier L.L.P.

20080065267 - Method, medium, and system estimating pose of mobile robots: A method, medium, and system reducing the computational complexity of a Simultaneous Localization And Mapping (SLAM) algorithm that can be applied to mobile robots. A system estimating the pose of a mobile robot with the aid of a particle filter using a plurality of particles includes a sensor which detects... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080065265 - Detecting robot stasis: A coverage robot includes a drive configured to maneuver the robot as directed by a controller, a stasis indication wheel rotatable about a first axis perpendicular to a direction of forward travel, and a suspension supporting the wheel. The stasis indication wheel defines a first reflective portion and a second... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080065268 - Medical tele-robotic system with a master remote station with an arbitrator: A robotic system that includes a mobile robot linked to a plurality of remote stations. One of the remote stations includes an arbitrator that controls access to the robot. Each remote station may be assigned a priority that is used by the arbitrator to determine which station has access to... Agent: Irell & Manella LLP

20080065266 - Mobile robot and operating method thereof: A mobile robot includes a first receiver that receives a header signal transmitted via a first communication method, and a second receiver that receives data signals transmitted via a second communication method different than the first communication method. The header signal indicates that the data signals will be transmitted, and... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080065269 - Controller of leg type moving robot: A controller of a leg type moving robot determines an action force to be input to an object dynamic model 2 such that a motion state amount (object model velocity) of the object dynamic model 2 follows a desired motion state amount based on a moving plan of an object,... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20080065270 - Protection and control system for electric power networks with signal and command interfaces at the primary equipment: A system for protection, control, metering, and monitoring of the delivery of electrical power is disclosed. Embodiments of the system provide input/output devices called bricks to receive analog and binary field data from primary equipment located in a power substation switchyard. The bricks are linked via fiber-optic patch cables and... Agent: General Electric Co. Global Patent Operation

20080058960 - Lighting systems and methods: In general, the present disclosure pertains to systems and methods for controlling the states of lights and/or other electrical components. In one exemplary embodiment, a system employs a centralized base unit that wirelessly communicates with remote switching units, which control various loads, such as lights and/or other electrical components, based... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080058961 - Methods and arrangements to collect data: Methods and arrangements to collect data related to the state or conditions of a system are described herein. Embodiments may comprise a data identifier to identify data to collect in response to an event and a data collector to collect the identified data. The data collector may comprise firmware, code... Agent: Ibm Corporation (jss) C/o Schubert Osterrieder & Nickelson PLLC

20080058963 - Control for, and method of, operating at least two medical systems: A control for, and method of, operating at least two medical systems, each of which generates its own visual display output and accepts commands from an input device. The control includes a display, having an active display area, and at least one inactive display area, at least one input device... Agent: Bryan K. Wheelock

20080058966 - Single line control for hvac actuator: Methods and systems for controlling an HVAC actuator using a single output control signal are disclosed. In one illustrative embodiment, the single output control signal may be a digital signal that serially encodes desired position data (either an absolute position or a relative position) for the HVAC actuator. In some... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080058967 - Medical apparatus and method: To facilitate an intuitive operation of an adjustable device of a medical apparatus, a system for the automatic setting of an operating configuration of the portable control module controlling the adjustable device is provided, wherein different operating configurations in respect of the control of the movement of the movable device... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080058968 - Keyboards having multiple groups of keys in the management of a process control plant: A parallel operation keyboard (POK) which enables a user to provide multiple inputs simultaneously in managing a process control plant. A lock is provided to disable such simultaneous inputs. In an embodiment, multiple groups of keys are provided, with each group of keys being operable independently to modify the parameter... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080058969 - Graphical programming language object editing and reporting tool: A method and system of editing a graphical programming language object for designing a process control entity within an off-line database. The method and system enables a user to select one or more programming language object fragments from a library of programming language object fragments, and displays the selected programming... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (fisher)

20080058972 - Data selection system, data selection apparatus, data selection method, and data selection program: A data selection system includes a data transmission apparatus and a data playback apparatus. The data transmission apparatus transmits pieces of data to be continuously played back in at least one data format. The data playback apparatus refines the data format of the data transmitted from the data transmission apparatus... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080058973 - Music playback system and music playback machine: A first LSI moves to an energy saving state after saving the header analysis result from a header information analysis unit in a header analysis result storage unit. While the first LSI is in the energy-saving state, a second LSI reads and plays back audio data that is stored in... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080058962 - Programmable logic controller and related electronic devices: A programmable device is useful for high speed operation or as a process controller or as a component for implementing PLD or FPGA applications. The programmable device includes programmable logic hardware having a plurality of basic logic elements and electrically configurable interconnections. The interconnections are configurable to interconnect the logic... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20080058964 - Modular and expandable irrigation controller: Described herein are several embodiments relating to modular irrigation controllers. In many implementations, the irrigation controllers are modular in that various functional components of the irrigation controller are implemented in removable modules that when inserted into position within the controller, expand the capabilities of the controller. Also described are various... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20080058965 - Method and system for monitoring and control of complex systems based on a programmable network processor: A method and apparatus for monitoring and control of a system is disclosed. The method and apparatus include providing a plurality of sensors, a table, and a network processor. The sensors monitor attributes of the system. The table includes a plurality of entries. Each of the entries indicates at least... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20080058970 - System and method for managing buildings: A method for managing buildings comprises providing a computer database 10 operative to store information relating to at least one building 30, said information comprising building characteristics; Each said building having associated therewith a facility; Each said facility having associated therewith an account; Providing an operational link between a user... Agent: Ronald J. Koch

20080058971 - Wireless device, program products and methods of using a wireless device to deliver services: In at least one embodiment, a data processing system receives from a user device a query regarding a dining decision, where the query includes a location. At least one menu item at a restaurant proximate to the location is determined based upon at least one user-specific criterion, and the at... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20080058974 - Tire designing method, computer-readable recording medium, and tire manufacturing method: Evaluation tires, each having a plurality of structural elements including a target structural element, are prepared. Only the experimental structure of the target structural element is different among all the evaluation tires, while the structures of other structural elements are identical. Radial force variation of each of the evaluation tires... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080058975 - Scheduling method, radio system, base station, and scheduling module: There is provided a base station comprising: an estimation unit for estimating a second or higher order statistics for each user terminal in a set of user terminals to be served; an estimation unit for estimating a scheduling metric based on the estimated second or higher order statistics; and a... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20080058976 - Fully automated paste dispense system for dispensing small dots and lines: A method of dispensing a flowable conductive paste onto a greensheet from a dispensing apparatus comprising an orifice member having first and second surfaces and a bore therethrough between the surfaces, a pressurized chamber adjacent the orifice member first surface containing the paste, and a punch having a face movable... Agent: Law Office Of Delio & Peterson, LLC.

20080058977 - Reviewing apparatus using a sem and method for reviewing defects or detecting defects using the reviewing apparatus: A reviewing apparatus using a SEM and a method for reviewing defect according to the present invention includes the steps of: correcting alignment errors of coordinates of the large number of defect candidates output by the inspection apparatus; selecting a detailed inspection/review point on the basis of the distance between... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080058978 - Transistor gate shape metrology using multiple data sources: The claimed subject matter can provide a mechanism for ascertaining a variety of metrological data relating to one or more features (e.g., a transistor gate) of a chip/wafer. In addition, results of electrical testing on the chip/wafer can also be gathered and, together with the metrological data, input to a... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080058979 - Strip threading method and strip threading device: Web is in the form of two web rolls, each of which is obtained by winding the web in a roll. The web of a selected one of the two web rolls is configured to be threaded into a transport route of a printing press by causing a holder to... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080058980 - Strip threading method and strip threading device: Web is in the form of two web rolls, and each of which is obtained by wounding the web in a roll. The web of a selected one of the two web rolls is configured to be threaded into a transport route of a printing press by causing a holder... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080058981 - Continuous casting installation with at least one robot and method for operating a continuous casting installation including at least one robot: A continuous casting installation is equipped with at least one robot for carrying out process-controlled or automated interventions on the continuous casting installation and accessing the assigned auxiliary devices. To ensure optimum use of the robot(s), the continuous casting installation is assigned a runway, the robot is assigned a travelling... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080058982 - Machine tool control system: The present disclosure includes a generalized kinematics library which may be used to control the motion of a machine tool system and to process data for other applications, such as simulation graphics. Methods are disclosed to interpolate the movement of various axes of a machine tool system through a machine... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20080058983 - Method of controlling an edger device, machine programmed to edge an ophthalmic lens blank, and computer program: The present invention relates to a method of controlling an ophthalmic edger device, and a machine programmed to edge and ophthalmic lens blank. A lens blank and an edger device for forming a groove in a peripheral edge of the lens blank are provided. A central processing unit is provided,... Agent: Berenato, White & Stavish, LLC

20080058984 - Generalized kinematics system: The present disclosure includes a generalized kinematics library which may be used to control the motion of a machine tool system and to process data for other applications, such as simulation graphics. Methods are disclosed to interpolate the movement of various axes of a machine tool system through a machine... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20080058985 - Vending distribution system: A vending distribution system having an enclosure capable of housing a storage assembly containing a plurality of actual and sample items. Access to and controls for the storage assembly are separate from the access area thus creating a system with potential for two distinct areas. Interaction with the system determines... Agent: Nicholas Alcov

20080058986 - Methods and systems for handling a work piece for a machining process: Automated handling systems and methods for using the handling systems for handling a work piece in a machining process, for example, an electrical discharge machining (EDM) process, are provided. The handling systems include a robotic manipulator adapted to grasp a work piece and locate the work piece in a machining... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20080058987 - Navigating autonomous coverage robots: A method of navigating an autonomous coverage robot between bounded areas includes positioning a navigation beacon in a gateway between adjoining first and second bounded areas. The beacon configured to transmit a gateway marking emission across the gateway. In some example, the navigation beacon may also transmit a proximity emission... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080058988 - Robots with autonomous behavior: A robot may be made to operate in response to changes in an environment by determining a currently dominant drive state for the robot from a plurality of competing drive states, sensing a change the environment, selecting an appropriate behavior strategy in accordance with the currently dominant drive state from... Agent: Irell & Manella LLP

20080058989 - Surgical camera robot: The present invention is a miniature camera robot which can be placed entirely within an open space such as an abdominal cavity. The instant camera robot has pan and tilt capabilities, an adjustable focus camera, and a support means for supporting the robot body. In particular embodiments, the camera robot... Agent: Faegre & Benson LLP Patent Docketing

20080058990 - Robotic programming control using multiple binary input: A method of programming robotic control includes the steps of defining executable actions in a control loop, and establishing sub-programs that effect modifications of or additions to the executable actions. The sub-programs are executed according to external binary inputs. The external binary inputs are provided during execution of the control... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.

20080058991 - Microfluidic system and apparatus and method of controlling the same: Provided are an apparatus and a method of controlling a microfluidic system, and the microfluidic system. The apparatus of controlling the microfluidic system includes a central control block controlling an operation of the microfluidic system, a rotator control block controlling a rotator, a position control block controlling the position of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080058992 - Floodgate opening and closing system using measurement of motor revolution count: Disclosed is a floodgate opening and closing system using a measurement of a motor revolution count, in that an opening and closing state of a floodgate formed at irrigation facilities for sewage, rainwater, agricultural water, freshwater and so on can be numerically transformed and the transformed data can be transmitted... Agent: Park Law Firm

20080058993 - System, methods, apparatuses and computer program products for use on a machine tool controller: A method for providing a machine tool controller capable of “plug 'n play” operation with partner devices includes providing an application programming interface (API) capable of executing software associated with at least one partner device, providing a machine tool controller configured to run the API, and enabling communication between the... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080058994 - Abnormality determination apparatus and method for blow-by gas feedback device, and engine control unit: An abnormality determination apparatus and method for a blow-by gas feedback device, and an engine control unit are provided for improving the accuracy of abnormality determination even when an intake air amount controller is provided in an intake system at a location downstream of a joint of a blow-by gas... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080058995 - Method and apparatus for controlling irrigation: The invention comprises devices and methods for providing operational power to a solar-powered irrigation control system. In one aspect, a method includes producing electrical energy from light, storing the electrical energy in a capacitive module, and operating an irrigation controller using the stored electrical energy independent of another power source.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080058996 - Ups monitoring and controlling software embedded into a dsp-based online ups equipment: The present invention relates to a unique and novel PC based software solution interface with embedded DSP based Online UPS system. In the present invention, a single DSP is used to control the Online UPS and further to communicate with the PC based software which enables direct transfer of real-time... Agent: Venable LLP

20080058998 - Method and system for adaptive power management: In a non-limiting, exemplary embodiment, electrical power is adaptively managed. A profile of predetermined threshold levels of electrical loading is developed for phases of an operation. A profile of electrical loading is developed for the phases of the operation such that electrical loading is substantially a same predetermined margin below... Agent: Robert R. Richardson, P.s.

20080058997 - System and method for interactive generator and building electric load control: This invention discloses a system and method for interactively managing one or more electric generators that are supplying electric power to one building or to a building complex. The primary application is for providing emergency power in the case of unavailability of the electric utility power. The primary advantage of... Agent: Tillman Wright, PLLC

20080059000 - Energy source monitoring and control system: An energy source monitoring system evaluates the state of an energy source and responsively controls a power tool or other device. The energy source may be, for example, a power tool battery pack that includes multiple individual battery packs connected in series. The energy source monitoring system may be incorporated... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080058999 - Power management scheme employing a dynamically adjustable operating parameter range: In a power management scheme, at least one indicator of at least one current device operating condition that affects an amount of power required to operate a device may be received. Based on the at least one indicator, a floor value for an operating parameter of the device (e.g. clock... Agent: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. C/o Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz, P.C.

20080059001 - Current sensing temperature control circuit and methods for maintaining operating temperatures within information handling systems: An information handling system including a system fan control for maintaining operating temperatures of electronics within the information handling system is disclosed. The information handling system can include a power trace provided in association with a power circuit that can power electronics within the information handling system. The power trace... Agent: Larson Newman Abel Polansky & White, LLP

20080059002 - Method for controlling and/or optimizing production of oil and/or gas wells and facilities:

20080059003 - Cooling unit with data logging control: A cooling unit includes a cabinet with a cooling chamber, a refrigeration system including an evaporator mounted, a compressor, a condenser, and a controller for controlling the cooling unit. The controller has a memory, a processor and an output interface. The controller monitors at least one parameter of the cooling... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20080059004 - Thermal management of a personal computing apparatus: A method and system are provided for thermal management of a portable computing apparatus. Accelerometers are provided to detect changes in attitude, and temperature sensors are provided to detect changes in temperature. A fan is used to cool the internal temperature of the electronic components of the computer. In response... Agent: Lieberman & Brandsdorfer, LLC